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Artistic Mediums of 2025: Where Touch and Technique Meet

Invaluable

In today’s art world, the impact of human touch is more powerful than ever. Following a wave of intangible triumphs in the early 2020s, including the debut of NFT art acquisitions, trends have more recently shifted toward the tactile. So, for 2025, tap into this tactile trend.

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A hundred years on, Cork Street is the beating heart of London’s art scene once more

The Art Newspaper

Organised in collaboration with the curator Tarini Malik, who is overseeing the centenary exhibition, Stephen Friedman Gallery is showing photographs by Caroline Coon alongside ceramics by Cocteau, while Alon Zakaim Fine Art is exhibiting Impressionist artists who initially faced intense criticism and rejection from their contemporaries.

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What Makes a Work of Art Timeless in an Age Obsessed with Now?

Invaluable

Endlessly scrolling, swiping, and double-tapping amid a wave of stories, photos, and tweets, it’s easy to feel the weight of now, and art has been swept into this current. While artistic styles and trends have evolved and morphed over the centuries, an enclave of revered artists and artworks remain unbound by visual trends or the medium used.

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About to Get Shafted Again

Reagan Upshaw Fine Art

The art market follows this trend: paintings depicting Native Americans as ignorant, bloodthirsty savages are much harder to sell than they were 30 years ago, and their fair market value has consequently decreased. It’s a trend that I expect to continue for the foreseeable future, and my appraisals will reflect this.

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Bridgerton Ignites Passion for Regency-Era Antiques

WorthPoint

One of the hottest summer trends will be Bridgerton -inspired tea parties, so expect Regency antiques and vintage tea-related pieces to be popular, especially those with a floral motif. Bridgerton has brought attention to its rich cultural scene, marked by advancements in fashion, fine arts, literature, and music.

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Symbols of Love in Art, Antiques and Jewellery

Grays Antiques

Knots became a popular feature of jewellery in the 19th century thanks to Sailors, who were known to fashion intricate love knot designs using gold wire to give to their loved ones at home. Available at PBC Fine Art. 18 carat gold Edwardian knot ring, c.1907. Vintage gold tube knot necklace, c.1960. John Joseph Antiques.

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How Investors Can Thrive in a Lopsided Art Market

McAllister Fossum Appraisal Services

Authorities on art investment worry that the budding romance could end quickly and badly. The market for fine art seems benign, even healthy, on the surface. billion, a shade under the 2007 all-time high, according to the recently published annual report of The European Fine Art Fair. Global sales rose 7.5